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Ravajava

(93 posts) Sat Feb 23, 2013, 12:22 AM Feb 2013

Libertarianism: Not a Fan

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I think you can guess what this is about

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Libertarianism: Not a Fan (Original Post) Ravajava Feb 2013 OP

Libertarianism summed up is just some guy offering a little kid a bag of candy, Jamaal510 Feb 2013 #1

Pretty much Ravajava Feb 2013 #2

I agree upstate-metalhead Feb 2013 #3

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)

1. Libertarianism summed up is just some guy offering a little kid a bag of candy,

Reply to Ravajava (Original post)

Sat Feb 23, 2013, 12:28 AM

Feb 2013

and then leading them to his van and kidnapping them. That's what their ideology does; lure people with their anti-Drug War, anti-Patriot Act, and isolationist messages, and then screw working class people over by cutting social programs and making it legal for businesses to discriminate.

Ravajava

(93 posts)

2. Pretty much

Reply to Jamaal510 (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 23, 2013, 12:29 AM

Feb 2013

That sums up my thoughts on the ideology in a nutshell

upstate-metalhead

(1 post)

3. I agree

Reply to Jamaal510 (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 23, 2013, 10:00 PM

Feb 2013

Ex-libertarian here and I agree with this. (long story, I'll explain later in the welcome forum)

Libertarianism, while sounding great on paper to some people (especially the civil liberties aspects), ignores the realities of the real world. There are numerous flaws to the ideology.

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